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An angiogram claim on Canada's public health plan costs $35. In the United States, a study of hundreds of health plans revealed the same procedure costs, on average, $914, with a range from $173 in the lowest quartile and $2,430…

John P. Dormans, MD, is the chief of orthopedic surgery at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He holds the Richard M. Armstrong, Jr. Endowed Chair in Orthopedic Surgery at the hospital and is a professor of orthopedic surgery, Perelman School…

By now, most physicians have at least begun the process of cleansing their offices of bulky patient charts and opted for the less cumbersome EHR / EMR systems. If you have not yet begun this process and are still utilizing…

Leonardo Kapural, MD, was lead clinical investigator for a double-blinded randomized controlled trial comparing cooled radiofrequency with the Kimberly-Clark TransDiscal Cooled Radiofrequency System for patients with discogenic and sacroiliac joint pain. He found that patients who underwent cooled radiofrequency experienced…

Here are seven recent mergers, acquisitions or expansions for orthopedic practices nationwide.

Here are five qualities of effective spine surgeon leaders who make their practices more successful.

Tucker, Ga.-based ONP Specialty Group announced that it has opened an orthopedics division in Atlanta.  

MMAR Medical, a distributor of sports medicine and orthopedic products, has announced the expansion of its DonJoy product line.

Alpharetta, Ga.-based SANUWAVE Health's 2012 revenue of $762,214 was a decrease of 4 percent compared with 2011's total revenue, due in large part to lower sales in Europe of orthopedic, trauma and sports medicine devices.

Albany, N.Y.-based OrthoNY will provide orthopedic urgent care services at its Mechanicville, N.Y., and Albany, N.Y., offices, beginning April 15, according to a report by The Business Review.